I have collected many obituaries of genealogical interest over the past twenty years.I will be posting them on this blog as time allows. The majority of these obituaries are from early Arkansas Baptist newspapers and have been transcribed as written.

Friday, November 27, 2009

Catherine Kirkland

Born in 1845; died December 11, 1896, aged 51.
Sister Kirkland was a native of Mississippi; married Eld. W.R. Wood, who died Aug. 6, 1887. On Dec. 13 of that same year she married Eld. W. J. Kirkland, with whom she lived until Dec.13, 1896, when she was struck by a passing railroad train and killed. She was a loving wife, a devoted Christian. She leaves a mourning husband, a weeping son and many friends who are bereaved.
Beebe, Ark.
Arkansas Baptist, March 10, 1897, page 14